Английская Википедия:Elginshire and Nairnshire (UK Parliament constituency)

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Elginshire and Nairnshire was a county constituency in Scotland. From 1832 to 1918, it returned one Member of Parliament (MP) to the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom, elected by the first-past-the-post voting system.

Boundaries

The constituency was created in 1832 by the Scottish Reform Act 1832 by a merger of two former constituencies: Elginshire and Nairnshire. It extended to the counties of Elginshire and Nairnshire, with the exception of the burghs of Elgin, Nairn and Forres which were instead part of Inverness Burghs and Elgin Burghs.

It was replaced in 1918 by the new Moray and Nairn constituency, which included all of Elginshire and Nairnshire, including the burghs of Elgin, Nairn and Forres.

Members of Parliament

Election		Member	Party
style="background-color: Шаблон:Party color" |	1832	Francis Ogilvy-Grant	Tory
style="background-color: Шаблон:Party color" |	1834		Conservative
style="background-color: Шаблон:Party color" |	1840 by-election	Charles Cumming-Bruce	Conservative
style="background-color: Шаблон:Party color" |	1868	James Ogilvy-Grant	Conservative
style="background-color: Шаблон:Party color" |	1874	Alexander Duff	Liberal
style="background-color: Шаблон:Party color" |	1879 by-election	Sir George Macpherson-Grant	Liberal
style="background-color: Шаблон:Party color" |	1886	Charles Henry Anderson	Liberal
style="background-color: Шаблон:Party color" |	1889 by-election	John Seymour Keay	Liberal
style="background-color: Шаблон:Party color" |	1895	John Gordon	Conservative
style="background-color: Шаблон:Party color" |	1906	Archibald Williamson	Liberal
1918		constituency abolished

Politics and history of the constituency

Prior to the Scottish Reform Act 1832 (2 & 3 Will. 4. c. 65), Nairnshire was normally controlled by the Dukes of Argyll or Campbells, the number of voters varying between 15 and 30. The Grants dominated Elginshire which had around 30 voters; both constituencies objected to the merger but without result.

The act increased the electorate to about 650–700; after 1832, the seat was contested only once in 1841, returning a Conservative until the Liberals took the seat in 1874.

Elections

Elections in the 1840s

Ogilvy-Grant resigned by accepting the office of Steward of the Chiltern Hundreds, causing a by-election. Шаблон:Election box begin Шаблон:Election box winning candidate unopposed with party link Шаблон:Election box hold with party link no swing Шаблон:Election box end

Elections in the 1870s

Duff succeeded to the peerage, becoming Earl of Fife.

Elections in the 1880s

Anderson's death caused a by-election.

Elections in the 1890s

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Sir William Gull

Elections in the 1900s

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A. Williamson

Elections in the 1910s

Шаблон:Election box begin Шаблон:Election box winning candidate with party link Шаблон:Election box candidate with party link Шаблон:Election box majority Шаблон:Election box turnout Шаблон:Election box registered electors Шаблон:Election box hold with party link Шаблон:Election box end Шаблон:Election box begin Шаблон:Election box winning candidate unopposed with party link Шаблон:Election box hold with party link no swing Шаблон:Election box end General Election 1914–15:

Another General Election was required to take place before the end of 1915. The political parties had been making preparations for an election to take place and by July 1914, the following candidates had been selected;

• Liberal: Archibald Williamson
• Unionist: